New poverty estimate scrapped

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh orders for new methodology

Let states decide

Misplaced emphasis on security

The Salwa Judum judgement and the Union home ministry

Padma Shri awardees include 12 farmers

Out of the 94 Padma Shri awardees, 12 farmers have been awarded for various activities like organic farming, traditional seed conservation and …

Can goats secure livelihood for small and marginal farmers?

The Centre's discussions on boosting the goat sector to double farmers’ incomes may be futile if fodder and grazing lands, both …

SC directs Centre to formulate a national plan for disaster management

As per Section 11 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, a national plan is to be drawn up by the National Executive Committee

Choked Delhi to halve number of vehicles on its roads

About 75 per cent of days in November were found to be 'severely polluted' with PM2.5 levels four times higher than the prescribed limit

Norway divests from coal, fossil fuel

Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, the world’s richest sovereign wealth fund, has removed 114 companies from its portfolio

Sluggish monsoon worries India Inc

If the monsoons fail this year, the Modi government will have some serious policy-making, damage control and number crunching to do

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 12, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Dying for ration: These Barmer widows and orphans are being turned away from PDS shops

Settlement has lost most of its men to liquor abuse; Women work as waste pickers

Pigs tested positive for JE may not be from MP, say officials

Say the city is not disease endemic

Delayed harvest

Pay and chop

Baghjan blowout: NGT directs Assam government to pay aid to affected families

OIL has deposited Rs 90.8 crores with Tinsukia district administration, which may impact 2,195 affected village residents living near the blowout …

Doubling trouble: It’s mid-2022; is it good days yet for farm incomes?

The Union government's claim about being on track to double farmers' income sounds hollow as it has not even spent the allocated budget for …

Expect budget to be rural-centric, focus on delivery to beneficiaries

PM Modi has already launched a major water conservation campaign, put the focus of his second tenure on revival of the agrarian economy

Second phase of odd-even scheme to be back in April

The government is “seriously considering” making odd-even mandatory for 15 days every month

Delhi set to centralise drug and equipment procurement

The move will help government to regulate the drug prices by ensuring their availability

J&K to get Rs 60,000 crore as BJP-PDP agree on government formation

State allocated maximum amount among 11 revenue deficit states, following recommendations of 14th Finance Commission

Mumbai transport department waits for nod to levy additional tax on fuel, cars

Cess was proposed to generate funds for improving public transport and reducing congestion on city roads

‘Need balanced criteria to judge backwardness’

Following Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s campaign for special status for Bihar, a panel of six experts chosen by the Union Finance Ministry …

Time to reveal

Cabinet clears policy that makes it mandatory for departments to share data; civil society sceptical

Odisha report on housing ‘irregularities’ under Centre’s lens

MPs allege that 85% of 1.2 million PMAY-G beneficiaries in state ineligible for scheme

Rajasthan Locust Attack: Both state, Centre need to shed complacency

Between 1993 and 2020, the governments hardly invested in locust control departments